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Gov. Andrew Cuomo says there’s no need to get nervous that a $2.9 billion federal loan for a new Tappan Zee Bridge has yet to be approved.

“We haven’t heard from them yet, but we haven’t heard any bad news either from them,” Cuomo told reporters in Rockland County today. “So we have our fingers crossed, but we still believe we are going to quality for a federal loan and that will be a significant addition to the funding.”

The state is seeking the loan to help cover the $3.9 billion project. How much the state gets will determine how ...

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